Regional Manager

Company Description

WM New Zealand is New Zealand's leading resource recovery, recycling and waste services provider. We’re committed to safeguarding our beautiful environment through sustainable management of our valuable resources. Put simply, sustainability is what we do.

Job Description

About The Role

We have a great opportunity for a Regional Manager to join our Operations team based in Auckland.

Reporting to the General Manager – Auckland and Northland Collections, you will be responsible for overseeing our Commercial, Municipal, and Residential Collections across the regions.  This includes responsibility for leadership of a large team and their operational performance and improvement in conjunction with achievement of the annual commercial plans and strategic objectives.  You will provide great customer service with a strong focus on building enduring customer relationships. The environment, the community we operate in, and the health & safety of your team will be major focus areas for you. 

Qualifications

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Proven experience and knowledge of industrial businesses, logistics, the waste management sector and / or other relevant sectors,
• Proven experience at a senior level managing large scale multi-disciplined workforces of both professional and operational front-line employees,
• Tertiary qualification in engineering, environmental, logistics, business or similar studies,
• Strong financial management skills including experience in the development and monitoring of budgets in a complex business,
• High level strategic planning, conceptual and analytical skills with proven capacity to establish strategic directions for a complex business as well as successful action plans that achieve those directions,
• Experience in forming and maintaining positive working relationships with internal and external partners.

Characteristically for a leader at this level, you will have sound commercial acumen and experience in leading operations in manufacturing, civil engineering, logistics or other similar sectors.  

Collaborative and forward thinking are the attributes aligned to your peers that enable our organisation to continually develop our services in a sustainable and progressive way.  With exceptional interpersonal skills, you are as comfortable influencing internal and external decisionmakers as you are with creating cohesive teams that are focused on achieving the vision and company goals.

This autonomous role offers a stimulating career opportunity for a leader to influence a diverse, sizeable and growing business making a huge impact on the future of our operation in the Auckland and Northland Region.

We’re keen to discuss this position with experienced Regional Managers who thrive on the challenge of retaining, building and developing business over the longer term. 

Additional Information

How To Apply

If you believe you have the skills and experience to be a part of this exciting and growing business, please click “I’m interested”.

Please note: we do not always work to fixed closing dates and may start considering applications as they are received so we encourage you to apply early. 

WM is an EEO employer and promotes drug and alcohol free workplaces. Only applications from those with the legal right and ability to work in New Zealand will be considered for this position.